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i'd also suggest a different bike.
i got my gf into cycling recently and she started off with one of the little shopper bikes. they're pretty hard work to ride, insanely heavy, awkward to carry up stairs, and feel pretty unstable to ride.
she wanted the shopper because it was "cuter" than the tourer on offer for the same price despite my best efforts to disuade her.
i built her up an ss conversion for her birthday and she's been a lot more confident and happy riding that since.
she even rode the 14 or so miles from her old place in harrow to central london with me!